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Corporate Issuers

Investors and Other Stakeholders

Marek Holdings, a highly leveraged issuer whose bonds trade at distressed levels, sells a profitable division and, at the urging of its largest shareholders, pays the entire proceeds out as a special dividend rather than repaying debt. The company's bond prices fall on the announcement. The conflict illustrated is best described as:

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